History Main / ContinuityCavalcade

* Having previously established that ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' villain Dominus has the power to create pocket universes around Superman (in his first appearance, he created four, homaging UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, and Superman-of-the-Future Imaginary Tales), their final battle in ''Superman: King of the World'' is an AlternateContinuity Cavalcade, in which Superman briefly becomes ComicBook/KingdomCome Superman, ComicBook/DCOneMillion Superman, and others.

** For a canon one, the second ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' episode "[[Recap/PokemonS23E2LegendGoFriendsGo Legend? Go! Friends? Go!]]" opens with a scene showing [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries the Indigo League badge, the Orange League trophy]], all the gym badges from [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Hoenn (as well as symbols the from Battle Fronteir)]], [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh]], [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Unova]], and [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY Kalos]], [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon a Z-Ring, the Alolan League trophy, and an exhibition match trophy from a battle with Professor Kukui]].

** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNAF 1]]'': Limited battery and a door on either side which can be closed.

** From major decisions affecting the overall plot, to receiving emails from one-off characters who were previously {{Quest Giver}}s, you have a very good reason to continue a given version of Commander Shepard in his/her quest to save the galaxy. Unfortunately, bugs or designer oversight do tend to show up in these situations. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', regardless of how you handled him in ''Mass Effect'', [[StalkerWithACrush Conrad]] [[AscendedFanboy Verner]] will claim that you shoved a gun in his face. Other than that and a few other examples the writers have been very diligent about transferring your decisions from the first game to the second and third. Some bugs in the first two games have since been addressed in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. If in the original ''Mass Effect'' you did not threaten him, he will apologize about making the claim that you did.

* In the "''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' for the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16" review of ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'', the Nerd reveals his "Shit Scale", which measures how horrible a game is. All the examples represent his previous reviews. On the lowest end are debatably bad games (''VideoGame/MetalGear'' for UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1989'', and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''), followed by games that are horrible yet still playable (''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' for NES, ''VideoGame/SuperPitfall'', and ''Film/TopGun'' for NES), then the more traumatizingly horrible ones (most of the Creator/LJNToys lineup, the Platform/VirtualBoy, and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''), then games that he claims could kill a person (''VideoGame/{{Action 52}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkCastle'' for UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' for UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, and the many handheld LCD games from Tiger Electronics), then a section dedicated solely to ''[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' for the NES, and finally, games that don't even qualify as games (''Desert Bus'' from ''VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors'', ''VideoGame/CrazyBus'', ''VideoGame/{{Hong Kong 97}}'', and ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'').

** ''Taco-Man Plays UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}'' begins with Taco-Man drinking at a bar populated by characters from previous episodes of ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'', as well as the girls from his ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' parody.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC3PXKuFgLA The unveiling of the 2022]] Usefulnotes/FIFAWorldCup mascot La'eeb in 2022 had him go to an animated world where all the past mascots lived. [[https://youtu.be/dZO_k4YmKTk?t=887 The opening ceremony]] eight months later had something similar by bringing in floats of the mascots. (it should be noted that in the former La'eeb direct predecessor Zabivaka is absent, probably because [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents 2018 hosts Russia had just invaded Ukraine]])

* In the "''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' for the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16" review of ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'', the Nerd reveals his "Shit Scale", which measures how horrible a game is. All the examples represent his previous reviews. On the lowest end are debatably bad games (''VideoGame/MetalGear'' for UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1989'', and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''), followed by games that are horrible yet still playable (''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' for NES, ''VideoGame/SuperPitfall'', and ''Film/TopGun'' for NES), then the more traumatizingly horrible ones (most of the Creator/LJNToys lineup, the UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy, and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''), then games that he claims could kill a person (''VideoGame/{{Action 52}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkCastle'' for UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' for UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, and the many handheld LCD games from Tiger Electronics), then a section dedicated solely to ''[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' for the NES, and finally, games that don't even qualify as games (''Desert Bus'' from ''VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors'', ''VideoGame/CrazyBus'', ''VideoGame/{{Hong Kong 97}}'', and ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'').

** In the "Lewis and Clark vs. Film/BillAndTed" episode, most of the historical figures that Bill and Ted encountered on their adventure (Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Napoleon Bonaparte, Genghis Kahn and Joan of Arc) had already been in at least one previous rap battle, so for the end of Bill and Ted's first verse, all five of them appear to support B&T.

[[caption-width-right:350:The very first page of Creator/DonRosa's very first story, and he's already throwing several references to Creator/CarlBarks's stories at you.]]

* ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'': Near the start of the ''Time Lord Victorious'' novel ''All Flesh is Grass'', it's mentioned that Brian the Ood has made various modifications to the flagship of the Vinctis Fleet, each one salvaged from a different Dark Times race. These include a [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride Racnoss]] web-gun, a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath Jagaroth]] warp thruster, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E4ColonyInSpace Uxaerian]] doomsday particles and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons Daemon]] shielding. And the Soul Orbs of Grelsh, which ''might'' be a reference to a throwaway line in a ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' audio.

* ''[[LetsPlay/TacoMan Taco-Man Plays a Video Game]]'':

* ''Film/JamesBond''

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Collector]]'s headquarters in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' is essentially one big treasure trove of {{Continuity Nod}}s to previous films in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. In addition to displaying holograms of the previous two Infinity Stones revealed so far -- the Tesseract from ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and the Aether from ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' -- the Collector can be seen keeping a [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Dark Elf]] and a [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Chitauri soldier]] in two of his cages.

* ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' is a rollercoaster of more than (at the time) ''50 years'' of Big G.
* ''Film/{{Sahara|2005}}'' used one of these as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for Dirk Pitt, with the camera zooming around a TrophyRoom and/or ShrineToSelf full of framed news clippings about the cool things Dirk and his sidekick Al Giordino have got up to in the past, most of them directly referencing the plots of other books in the series.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter''

* ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing''

* Music/FrankZappa was fond of doing this. He made a ContinuityNod to his previous albums on the album covers and lyrics of most of his later albums.

* Music/TaylorSwift crammed a lot of references to her older events, appearances, and music videos in her "Look What You Made Me Do". Not even the most diehard Swiftie could catch them all on the first viewing.
* Music/{{Yes}}' "Tempus Fugit" from ''Drama'', the first album not to feature Jon Anderson on lead vocals, nevertheless contains lots of references to previous Yes songs.

* Music/{{Eminem}}'s ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'':
** "Bad Guy" is a SequelSong that first appears to be a sequel to "Kim" but is actually one to "Stan". Around the time the real story is revealed, there is a passage where the increasingly deranged Matthew starts WaxingLyrical [[ShiftingVoiceOfMadness in various turn-of-the-Millennium-era Eminem flows]].
** One verse of "So Far..." switches briefly to the beats (and voices) of "I'm Back" and "The Real Slim Shady" to underscore the tortures his fans inflict on him - shoving a dead cat in his mailbox (Slim did this as a kid to a neighbourhood bully in "I'm Back"), and spitting on his onion rings ([[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Slim claimed another Slim Shady might be working at Burger King and doing this]] in "The Real Slim Shady").
* Music/OrigamiAngel: In ''Music/SomewhereCity'', near the end of "[[AlbumClosure The Air Up Here]]", verses from almost every previous song on the album are played in succession, sometimes overlapping, finishing on a reprise of "[[AlbumIntroTrack Welcome to...]]"'s opening.

--> "I grew up locked in a basement, suffering severe psychological and emotional scarring when [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker my brother]] set my parents on fire. From there, I shifted around among a series of mental institutions until I was grown, at which point I buried my brother alive ... twice. Since then, I've set a couple of people on fire and abducted various co-workers. Oh, and I, uh, once electrocuted [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon a man's]] [[GroinAttack testicles]]. Years ago, [[DiscontinuityNod I had a girlfriend named Katie]] but [[OldShame let's just say that didn't turn out too well]].[[note]] Referring to the Katie Vick storyline, one of the most infamous in wrestling history, and winner of Website/WrestleCrap's Gooker Award as the worst wrestling storyline of 2002.[[/note]] My real father is a guy named Wrestling/PaulBearer, who I recently trapped in a meat locker. I've been [[Wrestling/{{Lita}} married]], divorced, broke up my ex-wife's [[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler wedding]] and tombstoned the priest. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And, for reasons never quite explained, I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing]] [[UsefulNotes/HistoricalPeopleToKnowInMLB Pete Rose]].[[note]] At three consecutive ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' events (XIV through XVI), the baseball great had a storyline run-in with Kane, each time ending up on the receiving end of one of Kane's finishing moves.[[/note]]

** The Twinning in ''Shadowbringers'' is the culmination of a number of previous plot arcs, with the common thread being the involvement of [[spoiler: the Garlond Ironworks.]] It reveals how exactly the Crystal Tower was able to come to Norvrandt: [[spoiler: the Ironworks of the BadFuture took Cid's notes and research on Alexander and Omega to enable the tower to traverse through time and space.]] The dungeon's music even emphasises this, with its main theme combining [[spoiler: the Crystal Tower theme and Omega's theme ''eScape'' with the bass line from Alexander's ''Rise'']], and the final boss's theme [[spoiler:being a rock cover of ''Locus'', the first boss theme from the Alexander raids.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'', [[http://web.archive.org/web/20151209132329/http://adventurers.keenspot.com:80/d/20050927.html most of the summons seen in the comic]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20151209120708/http://adventurers.keenspot.com:80/d/20050929.html return]] when Ardam summons Pantheon.

* Burnie Burns describes the finale of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue: Revelation'' as a scene where the protagonists "win by saying Red vs. Blue quotes to each other."
** Happens again in the penultimate episode of season 10, with the references (ranging from the first to the current season) taken up a notch or two. It's quite effective.
** Any time we see [[spoiler: Malcom Hargrove]]'s trophy room in Season 13. There are a number of items in there from past seasons, including the Grif Shot, the Monitor that Epsilon-Church inhabited in seasons 7 and 8, the magnum that [[spoiler: the Director killed himself with]], and [[spoiler: the Meta's armor]]. Turns into a massive ChekhovsGun come the season finale, with our heroes getting a LockAndLoadMontage in this room.
* Near the end of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGN5xaQkFk0 "Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso"]] episode of ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', Pablo Picasso flips through the channels on his TV to bring up PBS, where Bob Ross is rapping from the TV screen. Along the way, we see him flip past Creator/BillyMays (from "Billy Mays vs. Creator/BenjaminFranklin"), [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mr. Rogers]] (from "Creator/MrT vs. Mr. Rogers"), and [[Series/DoctorWho the Fourth Doctor]] (from "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] vs. Doctor Who").
** In the "Lewis and Clark vs. Film/BillAndTed" episode, most of the historical figures that Bill and Ted encountered on their adventure (Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Napoleon Bonaparte, Genghis Kahn and Joan of Arc) had already been in at least one previous rap battle, so for the end of Bill and Ted's first verse, all five of them appear to support B&T.
* In ''Multiverse Mayhem'', the [[{{Gamebooks}} interactive]] first anniversary special of ''Website/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'', the player character visits the locations of several previous stories, and basically all of the Cupids' allies introduced thus far (including ones from stories ''not'' otherwise referenced in the story) are mentioned to be present at the DancePartyEnding.

* The brief animated segment at the beginning of episode 6 of ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' is covered with items and characters from the previous episodes. The episode also features Red Guy reprising the "creative song" from episode 1. Additionally, [[spoiler:all of the previous teachers make short cameos near the end, as Red Guy is messing with a machine that controls them.]]
* When Ruby tries to settle herself into the correct frame of mind for invoking the power of her silver eyes in the Volume 6 finale of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', she tries to think of her family and friends to evoke the feelings of the beauty and preciousness of life and how it must be protected. The images that flash across the screen cover family scenes that predate the show as well as happy or bonding scenes from the show itself, such as the Volume 2 food fight or when Teams RWBY and JNPR are eating noodles during the tournament. When she struggles to maintain the happier memories and begins drifting into unhappier moments, traumatic scenes from previous episodes also appear, such as [[spoiler:Pyrrha and Penny's deaths]].
* In the ''WebAnimation/FatherTucker'' short "Judgment Day", several of the children Father Tucker has molested or shown interest in in the previous shorts can be seen in the background during his trial.

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* A Toys R Us commercial in 1996 showed all the kids (except one, who was played by Jaleel White) from a 1982 commercial (now 14 years older) doing the same stuff they did in the original, showing that growing up doesn't mean you grow out of Toys R Us.
* The opening for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Home Video features nods from older commercials.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''
** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheRobotKingdom'' have Nobita's attempts at buying his own RobotDog, only to teleport a few dozen robots into Tokyo by accident, most of them being from earlier manga shorts. Including the Moodmaker Orchestra, Gonsuke from another Fujiko Fujio manga ''Manga/TwentyOneEmon'', the Knock-Down Hitman, Art Critic Robot, Tax Bird, Matador Robots (last seen in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheBirthOfJapan'') and a robotic clone of ''Manga/LittleGhostQTaro'' (who even wished Doraemon "Good day" in the anime film!).
** Each and every display in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum'' are filled with dozens and dozens of gadgets that references the manga's stories and various past movies.
** ''Anime/DoraemonGreatAdventureInTheAntarcticKachiKochi'' have an extended shot in Doraemon's closet space, which displays numerous photos depicting scenes from the manga itself, from photos of minor characters to the faked UFO picture featuring Nobita from one of the manga stories.
* The second OVA of ''Manga/FairyTail'' has snippets of the series in a High School AU setting.
* A series of reaction shots over the multi-episode finale of ''Anime/FairyMusketeers'' eventually features everyone ever seen in the series that's still alive and not an enemy.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' features Kabuto resurrecting nearly every deceased character in the series, along with nearly every living character fighting in the Shinobi War.

* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', like the VideoGame example below, has a scene in episode 15 filled with callbacks to ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''.
* A mini cavalcade occurs at the end of the first arc of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', with a bunch of characters from across the arc showing up to help the chosen children build a raft.
* Almost all the one-shot characters from ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', and more, can be seen helping in episode 47.
* In ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime'', characters from all the previous seasons' universes return to help in the last two episodes.
* In ''Anime/{{Trigun}} Maximum'', right before Vash heads out for the final battle against Legato and Knives, he has a brief 3-page flashback to '''everyone''' he's met over the course of the series... [[CanonImmigrant and even some characters]] [[CanonForeigner that only appeared in the anime!]]
* As Yahiko prepares to face off against Kenshin in the final chapter of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', he is instructed to "think back to all the battles he's fought" before striking; this of course is an excuse for a two-page spread with portraits of nearly every villain and supporting character to have appeared in the series (even ones Yahiko never met).
* The final chapter of ''Manga/FrankenFran'' features Fran's DyingDream (almost), in which she dreams to attend a party where the guests are every single character who ever appeared during the manga. When she's about to meet her "father", [[TheGhost Professor Madaraki]]... [[TheUnreveal she is saved]] and wakes up.
* ''Manga/MedakaBox'' has had the various one off characters or defeated villains show up every so often in a neat example of the creator remembering the entirety of the story, but chapter 187-189 have every single named character, no matter how small, show up. Chapter 190 goes a step further [[spoiler:and shows each one of them left individualized well wishes for Medaka. A true accomplishment for the creator, to have made and juggled the personalities, no matter how shallow, of all of these characters.]] For those not in the know, this totals to a stupendous one hundred individual and [[CastOfSnowflakes easily recognizable characters]].
* The ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Pokémon Best Wishes]]'' ending theme, "Te o Tsunagō" (lit. "Let's Join Hands"), has nearly every major character and nearly all their Pokémon making an appearance.
** [[MilestoneCelebration The 20th anniversary movie]], ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'', while taking place in an AlternateUniverse via ContinuityReboot, [[spoiler:had a montage showing Ash's previous partners from the main anime in the movie's end credits]].
** For a canon one, the second ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' episode "[[Recap/PokemonS23E2LegendGoFriendsGo Legend? Go! Friends? Go!]]" opens with a scene showing [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries the Indigo League badge, the Orange League trophy]], all the gym badges from [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Hoenn (as well as symbols the from Battle Fronteir)]], [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh]], [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Unova]], and [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY Kalos]], [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon a Z-Ring, the Alolan League trophy, and an exhibition match trophy from a battle with Professor Kukui]].
* ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' is filled with references to previous ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series, with main characters from previous shows making cameos in the background of scenes, every robot in the series being based on mobile suits from older ''Gundam'' shows, and numerous characters repeating quotes from previous series. This is justified in part by ''Gundam'' being a popular media franchise in-universe, and the premise of the show meaning every character involved is a ''Gundam'' fan — you’d get a similar experience if you attended a ''Gundam'' convention in real life.
* A chapter of ''Manga/BlackJack'' (possibly intended to be the series finale, but eventually new chapters were written) has the titular Black Jack board a train and meet every recurring character he's come across during the series.
* In the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' franchise, old cards may be used as "extras" in crowd shots of duels, and any other situation where random cards would be shown. The last OP of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', for example, begins with a bunch of cards flying across the screen, all of which are famous cards from the first two series.

* In ''Literature/HeavyObject'', the GrandFinale sees the [[BackForTheFinale return of nearly every side character]] who had survived their previous appearance, most of them joining the Together By Chance unit to [[spoiler:avert a world war]].

* The cover of ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' #3 shows everyone who had ever been an Avenger or [=JLAer=] to that point, even if they're not otherwise involved in that particular IntercontinuityCrossover. Although the plot was as such that every one of them was technically involved in the conflicts of issues 3 and 4. Especially 4, which is filled with these -- it's Creator/GeorgePerez drawing a battle that involves every Avenger, every Leaguer, and possibly every supervillain ''ever'' culled from the timestream.
* The cover for issue #24 of ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'', the final issue before the DC relaunch in September 2011, contains ''every single character'' to ever appear in the series. This includes villains, allies, civilians and people who only appeared in individual issues.
* ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'' takes this to new heights in every panoramic shot of the Batcave, showing almost every Batmobile, numerous helicopters, and trophy cases with outfits worn for only a few comics (including Stephanie's Robin outfit).
* The comic for ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' restarted with issue #51. The storyline ''Note From The Underground'', running from #47 to #50, brought nearly everyone BackForTheFinale. Angel and Faith played major parts and the rest of Angel Investigations got cameos. There were references to Riley Finn, Spike and Maggie Walsh, and a splash page of former foes included the Mayor, the Master, former Slayer Yuki, the Gentlemen and Glory. A vampire from the first issue of the comic was brought back from the dead to fight Buffy again, which was acknowledged in-universe but not explained. Kendra and the First Slayer appear as part of a vision sequence also featuring the historical Slayers from Tales of the Slayers, and there's a flashback recap of the TV show. There's even the return of [[spoiler: Pike]] as a major character, and the BigBad leading the Scourge turns out to be [[spoiler: Adam]].
* In the ''ComicBook/FearItself'' tie-in, ''The Deep'', ComicBook/DoctorStrange summons a two-page spread of "[[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders]], Secret Defenders, even those who were only Defenders-for-a-Day" to stop Attuma from crushing [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] and his allies.
* Having previously established that ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' villain Dominus has the power to create pocket universes around Superman (in his first appearance, he created four, homaging UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, and Superman-of-the-Future Imaginary Tales), their final battle in ''Superman: King of the World'' is an AlternateContinuity Cavalcade, in which Superman briefly becomes ComicBook/KingdomCome Superman, ComicBook/DCOneMillion Superman, and others.
* The first volume of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' has a scene where Morpheus goes to an old storage room of the JLA to recover one of his missing regalia. It is full of references to other JLA adventures.

* An issue of ''ComicBook/AdventureTimeCandyCapers'' has Peppermint Butler recruiting a ridiculously large number of Z-list characters from different episodes of the TV show to go on a quest [[spoiler:which turns out to be to [[ShaggyDogStory reclaim Princess Bubblegum's dry-cleaning]]]].

* In one of newer volume of [[PolishMedia Polish series]] ''[[ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh Kayko and Kokosh]]'' the heroes meet a barkeeper who collects wanted posters. When he show them his collection on the wall tunrs out it is made of almost all of the one-shot villians from the series. He even ask the character shave they even seen such [[StealthPun rouges gallery]].

* In one of newer stories of ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh the titular characters meets a barkeeper who collects wanted posters. When he shows them his collection on the wall, it includes almost all of the one-shot villains from the series. He even asks the heroes if they've ever seen such ''[[StealthPun Rogues Gallery]]''.

* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': "The Stockbridge Showdown" in issue [[MilestoneCelebration #500]] has the Doctor reunite almost all the DWM strip's original companions (the exception being Fey Truscott-Sade) to finally take down the strip's best known recurring villain, whose inital arc was [[AbortedArc aborted]] in 1984.

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--> Suddenly a rush hit Calvin like a thunderbolt. In an instant he relived every single moment over from the point [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes he and Hobbes flew into the pond on that winter day]] to the present moment. [[Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat Retro Griffin reaching for him and Hobbes in the wagon with the claw car.]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie Rupert firing his ray gun at him, Hobbes, Stupendous Man, Tracer Bullet and Spaceman Spiff.]] [[Fanfic/AttackOfTheTeacherCreature Him, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman running, terrified away from the Teacher Creature.]] The TV coming to life and attacking him and Hobbes. Yellowstone erupting. Dr Brainstorm arguing viciously with Jack, who remains bored. Holographic Retro attacking Calvin. Sheila holding up a chainsaw and laughing insanely. Jacqueline waving in a friendly hello. A disturbed ghost gasping desperately and crawling upwards towards him and Socrates. Installing the MTM's voice chip. Dr Thunderstorm releasing an army of Shadow duplicates onto the planet. The big prank Socrates was planning. It all came back to Calvin and hit him like a freight train.

* The climactic scene in the first issue of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Saturday Morning Adventures'' has the Turtles confront an impressive number of their RoguesGallery from the first seven seasons of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 '87 show]], while they're trapped in a VR simulation game. This ranges from established mainstays like Shredder, Krang, Baxter Stockman, Bebop and Rocksteady, to minor recurring villains like Tempestra, Groundchuck and Dirtbag, to obscure one-shots like Smash, Alpha-One and Turtle Terminator.

* In one of newer stories of ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh the titular characters meets a barkeeper who collects wanted posters. When he shows them his collection on the wall, it includes almost all of the one-shot villains from the series. He even asks the heroes if they've ever seen such a ''[[StealthPun rouges gallery]]''.

** Early in ''Endwalker'', a volunteer contingient is formed to march into Garlemald as part of a humanitarian mission and part to stop the machinations of the Telophoroi. The scene that introduces them is a crowd shot featuring, among the characters named and voiced in the main storyline, characters from the various Class and Job quests, such as members of the Marauders', Thaumaturges' and Pugilists' guilds and your partners during the Bard, Dragoon, Scholar, and Machinist quests. If you've completed these quests, talking to them independently will have them all reference your past exploits together.

* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'': In "The Screaming Skull" from the ''UNIT: Tales From the Vault'' subseries, on Captain Yates' first visit to the Vault he recognises various things from his own UNIT career including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E1TerrorOfTheAutons plastic daffodils]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons the Devil's End gargoyle]]. There's also things he ''doesn't'' recognise, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric a chess set that plays by itself]]. He also mentions that the Vault [[Literature/PastDoctorAdventures used to be run]] by [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E7TimeFlight C19]] and that it's a sister site to [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor the Black Archive]]. There's another rundown of his UNIT career when Rees attempts to take over his mind, which also mentions Mrs. Wibsy and Nest Cottage, confirming that the [=AudioGO=] Fourth Doctor stories are still canon.

* At the beginning of ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', the audience explores the 1955 Doc's home from the [[Film/BackToTheFuture first film]], seeing many props once again, including his mind-reader and the scale model used to explain their plan for the lightning strike. It makes sense since that scene technically happens the day after the thunderstorm that sent Marty back to 1985.

* In ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'''s second-to-last episode (which began a two-part finale) gave a cameo to each student who had been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy transformed]] into a MonsterOfTheWeek in a previous episode. Other than that they were each a OneShotCharacter.

* In the "''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' for the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16" review of ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'', the Nerd reveals his "Shit Scale", which measures how horrible a game is. All the examples represent his previous reviews. On the lowest end are debatably bad games (''VideoGame/MetalGear'' for UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' for NES, and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''), followed by games that are horrible yet still playable (''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' for NES, ''VideoGame/SuperPitfall'', and ''Film/TopGun'' for NES), then the more traumatizingly horrible ones (most of the Creator/LJNToys lineup, the UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy, and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''), then games that he claims could kill a person (''VideoGame/{{Action 52}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkCastle'' for UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' for UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, and the many handheld LCD games from Tiger Electronics), then a section dedicated solely to ''[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' for the NES, and finally, games that don't even qualify as games (''Desert Bus'' from ''VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors'', ''VideoGame/CrazyBus'', ''VideoGame/{{Hong Kong 97}}'', and ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'').

[[caption-width-right:350:The very first page of Creator/DonRosa's very first story, and he's already throwing several references to Creator/CarlBarks' stories at you.]]

* In ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'', the GrandFinale sees the [[BackForTheFinale return of nearly every side character]] who had survived their previous appearance, most of them joining the Together By Chance unit to [[spoiler:avert a world war]].

* The pawn shop in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVI'' contains loads of items that reference puzzles from the previous games--and would have easily solved them had you come here first.

** Additionally, the second and third games contain a slew of references to the first and second games, which seasoned players will recognize, including many cameos by and letters from familiar characters.
* Roger's quarters on the SCS ''[=DeepShip=] 86'' in ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVIRogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier'' features mementos from all his past adventures, including the Xenon Army Knife from [=SQ1=], the Labion Terror Beast Mating Whistle from [=SQ2=], and the [=SQ4=] Hintbook.
** Another part features a database which has entries for all the races and creatures previously encountered in the other five games, no matter how minor they are.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has the characters go on a trip to Tatsumi Port Island, including a jaunt to [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Gekkoukan High School]].

* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' brings back almost every Gym Leader and Champion up to that point as part of the Pokémon World Tournament.

* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', the "Greatest Five" Dual Crush attack summons the five Belmonts: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Richter]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence Leon]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse Trevor]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance Juste]], and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Simon]] to attack all enemies. Occasionally, Trevor and Simon would appear in [[{{Retraux}} their original NES sprites.]]
* The museum in ''VideoGame/UltimaIX'' is a repository for artifacts that had fallen from the Avatar's BagOfSpilling over the ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' series.

* In ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'', in Lara's mansion, there's a trophy room with several artifacts from the previous ''Franchise/TombRaider'' games.

* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', you can visit a recreation of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which lists almost every in-universe entertainment personality from the entire series.
* The GCPD evidence room in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' holds most of the gadgets/weapons/other personal items of the various villains of the previous games.
* At the end of the tutorial in ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'', we're treated to a montage of various targets from [[VideoGame/HitmanCodename47 the]] [[VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin past]] [[VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney four]] [[VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution games]], being assassinated in the most popular ways, while narration talks about 47's past success.
** The ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' mission "End of an Era" has you go through the ICA's files [[spoiler:and dissolve the ICA]], and you're treated to a slideshow of pretty much every previous target from ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'' and ''VideoGame/Hitman2'', including the ''2016'' games' Elusive Target roster, which finally cemented those as canon contracts.

* ''VideoGame/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' features several references and callbacks to characters and events from [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy the series]], such as Billy's dad Harold being playable as his Mogar persona from "Battle of the Bands" and the tree from "The Taking Tree" appearing as a background hazard in the level taking place at Billy's house. In addition, Boogey's Mojo Meltdown, his alternate costumes, the Boogey Bay level, and the alternate costumes Billy and Mandy get from completing two of the missions in mission mode allude to the TVMovie ''Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure'' ([[EarlyBirdCameo even though the movie was released less than a year after the game]]).

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'':
** The Twinning in ''Shadowbringers'' is the culmination of a number of previous plot arcs, with the common thread being the involvement of [[spoiler: the Garlond Ironworks.]] It reveals how exactly the Crystal Tower was able to come to Norvrandt: [[spoiler: the Ironworks of the BadFuture took Cid's notes and research on Alexander and Omega to enable the tower to traverse through time and space.]] The dungeon's music even emphasises this, with its main theme combining [[spoiler: the Crystal Tower theme and Omega's theme ''eScape'' with the bass line from Alexander's ''Rise'']], and the final boss's theme [[spoiler:being a rock cover of ''Locus'', the first boss theme from the Alexander raids.]]
** Early in ''Endwalker'', a volunteer contingient is formed to march into Garlemald as part of a humanitarian mission and part to stop the machinations of the Telophoroi. The scene that introduces them is a crowd shot featuring, among the characters named and voiced in the main storyline, characters from the various Class and Job quests, such as members of the Marauders', Thaumaturges' and Pugilists' guilds and your partners during the Bard, Dragoon, Scholar, and Machinist quests. If you've completed these quests, talking to them independently will have them all reference your past exploits together.

* In ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'', just about every minor character from previous mini-arcs (who wasn't a major Arc Villain) shows up at Class E's cafe at the school festival: the high school punks from the Kyoto field trip, old rivals from the main building, Yuuji and the assassins from the island hotel, and the old man and his daycare kids, to name a few.

** The opening for the TV version of the movie takes this even further. Not only does it directly reference all of the past openings and endings, but it also features just about every character who appeared at some point in the show (almost fifty in total), recreates iconic scenes from four chapters that were previously unadapted, and makes subtle refereces to events that happen much later in the manga's timeline.

* The [[MilestoneCelebration tenth-anniversary]] ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' SundayStrip (running on June 19, 1988, exactly ten years to the day) opened with Garfield's tenth birthday party being attended by just about every primary and secondary character who'd ever appeared in the strip - including Jon Arbuckle's old roommate Lyman, who had not been seen in years. [[ItsAllAboutMe "If you brought me any presents," Garfield tells the crowd, "you may stay."]]

* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': The scene where the MTM uses the MindProbe to search Calvin's mind is filled with one-off characters from previous episodes.
** Also, when Calvin finally gets his memories back in "Invasion", the resulting paragraph basically recaps the entire [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse Calvinverse]] up to that point:

* The opening for creator/Nickelodeon Home Video features nods from older commercials.

* In the ''Comicbook/FearItself'' tie-in, ''The Deep'', ComicBook/DoctorStrange summons a two-page spread of "[[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders]], Secret Defenders, even those who were only Defenders-for-a-Day" to stop Attuma from crushing [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] and his allies.

* 'Hearts and Minds' of the ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'' is a big one of these as it delves into nearly every moment of [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny and Sam's]] relationship up to that story.

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Collector]]'s headquarters in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' is essentially one big treasure trove of {{Continuity Nod}}s to previous films in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. In addition to displaying holograms of the previous two Infinity Stones revealed so far -- the Tesseract from ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and the Aether from ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' -- the Collector can be seen keeping a [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Dark Elf]] and a [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Chitauri soldier]] in two of his cages.

* The Collector's Fortress in ''Ride/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMissionBreakout''. It features references to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy the movie that inspired it]] in the form of Astro the Dog, other [=MCU=] movies (an [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Ultron drone]] can be seen in the queue), and other Ride/DisneyThemeParks, as the Abominable Snowman from the Matterhorn, [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]], and a [[Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror bellhop's hat]] are on display.

** From major decisions affecting the overall plot, to receiving emails from one-off characters who were previously {{Quest Giver}}s, you have a very good reason to continue a given version of Commander Shepard in his/her quest to save the galaxy. Unfortunately, bugs or designer oversight do tend to show up in these situations. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', regardless of how you handled him in ''Mass Effect'', [[StalkerWithACrush Conrad]] [[AscendedFanboy Verner]] will claim that you shoved a gun in his face. Other than that and a few other examples the writers have been very diligent about transferring your decisions from the first game to the second and third. Some bugs in the first two games have since been addressed in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. If in the original Mass Effect you did not threaten him, he will apologize about making the claim that you did.

* ''Videogame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' brings back almost every Gym Leader and Champion up to that point as part of the Pokémon World Tournament.